Garment for men.



J. M. ATKINSON;

GARMENT FOR MEN.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 9. I9I5.

1,279,822. Patented Sept 24, 1918;

15 If h 14 JOSEPH M. ATKINSON, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARMENT FOR MEN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 24:, 1918.

application filed .Tune 9, 1915. Serial No. 33,012.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH M. ATKINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Garments for Men, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bifurcated garments of improved construction;

An object of the invention is to provide an improved reinforced crotch construction for garments which have a closed crotch and which shall be applicable to either a drawer or to a union suit.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1, is a front view of the upper portion of the garment.

Fig. 2, is a rear or back view of the entire garment. V

Fig. 3, is a rear view of the two legs, the wed e-shaped crotch piece, and the seat flap in cTosed position.

Fig. 4, is a rear view of the two legs entirely separated from each other.

Fig. 5, shows a closed crotch, one leg, the inseam of the two legs, and a portion of the seat and the front respectively, that are joined together by said inseam.

To form this garment five pieces are cut from the fabric; these pieces consist of two front sides, 6, 6, which terminate in the legs 7, back-portion 8, and the two lower backs 9, 10, of the legs. The upper back portion 8, and the two leg-backs 9, 10, may be united at the waist by a horizontal elastic band 11, in the case of a union suit. The two fronts 6, 6, and the one upper back portion 8, are united at the sides below the arm holes 13, by seams at 12; this construction forms a neck-opening 14, and a shoulder strap 15, at each side of the opening.

The outer side edges 16, of the leg-backs 9, 10, and the corresponding outer side edges of the two fronts 6, 6, are united by seams. The inseam 17 of the two legs 9, 10, extend across the broad end of the crotch reinforce 19, shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

As will be seen in Fig. 4, each of the two leg-backs 9, 10, at the crotch part has an angular projection 18, the two being of the same size; in Fig. 4 the parts 9 and 10, are entirely separate. When-the said two legbacks 9, 10, are brought together and the two projections 18, are overlapped, one upon the other, and stitched together, as seen in Figs.

3 and 5, the two lapped projections have the shape of a wedge of double-thickness and form a reinforce crotch 19 without any separate insert piece.

One leg-back 10, has astrai-ght vertical edge 20, extending from the narrow end of the crotch up to the waist line or the backband 11, and the other leg-back 9, has an obtuse-angle edge 21, which forms a flap pro- 'vided with a button-hole 22. This angleedge flap loosely overlaps the straight edge 20, and the two edges form a posterior slit or opening; a button-hole 22, engages a button 23, on the le -back 10, and holds the angle edge in its 0 osed position.

The two front pieces 6, 6, are separated by a slit at the center which extends down to the broadest end of the crotch reinforce 19, see Figs. 1 and 5, and a lapped edge 24, with button holes engage buttons, 25, on the under edge of said slit.

The upper end of the posterior slit in the case of a union suit commences at 26, at the back-band 11, and its lower end terminatesat 27 adjoining the narrowest end of the crotch 19; this slit is covered by the angleedge flap 21. The front slit, alsoin the case of a union suit, commences at the neck-opening 14, and its lower end terminates at 28,

where the lapped edge 24, of the slit adjoins the broadest end of the crotch 19, at the inseam 17. Thus the crotch reinforce 19, constitutes the soledivision that separates the end of the posterior slit from the lower end of the front slit, and while affording strength avoids unnecessary fullness of the fabric in the crotch portion, and afi'ords to the wearer comfort at the seat.

In Fig. 2, which is a back View of the garment the lapped edge 24, of the front slit is designated by two parallel broken lines 24, extending vertically.

It will thus be understood that my reinforce crotch is formed by an angular projection of the fabric on each of the two legbacks which angular projections are of the same size and over-lap each other, and when so overlapped and stitched together have the outline of a wedge and constitute a reinforced double-thick closed crotch.

Having thus described my invention, what I-claim is, v

A union garment having a body portion and legs with an inseam extending up one leg across the crotch and down the other leg said body having a front central placket which extends from the neck down to the front side of the leg inseam, and the rear of the garment having a posterior opening which extends downwardly toward but terminates at a point that is spaced from the rear side of said leg inseam, and between the closed lower end of the posterior opening and the inseam the rear portions of the garment being lapped which lapping is of greater width at one extremity than at the other eXtre1nity,the lapped portions at their greatest Width being secured in the inseam of the legs at the extreme lower end of the front central placket, and at the narrowest width said lapped portions being 15 stitched crosswise to form the lower end of the posterior opening.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH M. ATKINSON.

Witnesses MARTIN J. GOLDEICK, O. PARKER REESE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

